Corn-husking machine.



No. 833,214. `v PATBNTBD 00T. 16, 1906.

LN.H0YT.

CORN HUSKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1905.

WITNESSL'S.- 1w mwro:

ISAAC N. HOYT, OF AUGUSTA, WISCONSIN.

CORN-HUSKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

I Apnlication led September 22, 1905. Serial No. 279.620.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. I-IoYT, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Husking Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whi ch it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates .to improvements in corn-husking devices; and the object is to provide a cheap but efficient device by which a person in a sitting position may with comparatively light exertion separate ears of corn from the husk and stalk. This and other objects I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view or my complete corn-husking machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a right-hand end elevation of Fig. 2 with one leg broken away, so as to expose more fully the stirrup by which the machine is operated.

Referring to the drawings by reference-nu- Inerals, 1 represents the four legs, and 2 the body or bench, constituting the frame of the machine. Upon one end of the frame is fixed a cross-bar 3, having at its ends horns 4,

adapted to hold a lot of stalks with corn to4 be husked. On the other end of the frame is ixed a guide 6, in which the operators seat 5 is mounted to slide transversely, so that it may be projected out from one side of the frame for the use by female operators or occupy a central position for male operators, who may prefer to have their legs straddle the frame 2. Upon one side of the frame is iixed a short upright 7, to which is fixed a stationary jaw 8, and pivoted at 9 is a verticall swinging jaw 10, coacting with the fixed jaw, as will presently be fully described. The jaw 10 is operated by a link-rod 11, pivoted to it and to a stirrup 12, suspended like a pendulum from the pivot 13 in the frame.

In the operation of the machine the operator sits on the seat 5, supported partly by having one foot on the ground or floor. His other foot operates the stirrup 12, so as to hold the lower jaw in the proper proximity to the upper jaw. He now grasps the cor stalk from the supply in front of him, and, holding the stalk in the right hand and the top of the ear in the left hand, he moves the ear toward himself in between the jaws. This causes the prongs 14 to separate the husks from the upper and lower sides of the ear. He then brings the ear downward so that the prongs 15 separate the husks from the front and rear si des of it. Finallyhe moves the neck of the ear in between the cutting edges 16 of the jaws, and, making a jerk with the stirrup-lever, he either severs the neck of the ear or weakens it so much that a light pressure by the left hand separates the ear entirely and drops it into a receptacle, while the right hand throws the stalks away upon anyv Suitable support, from which they are usually removed in bundles. After a short practice the operation of the machine is easy, rapid, and thorough.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. A corn-husking machine having a pair of jaws, one swinging toward the other, and means for forcing and holding the jaws more or less closed, said jaws having the prongs 14. and 15 and the cutting edges 16, arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A corn-husking machine comprising in combination, an elongated frame, a seat at one end thereof, a supporting device or rack for unhusked corn on the other end of the frame, and intermediate the ends mounted a pair of husking-jaws of which one is pivoted to swing to and from the other and coact in husking the corn, and a foot-operated stirrup or lever pivoted to the frame and operatively connected with the moving jaw, said seat being adjustable toward one side of the frame, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC N. l HOYT. 

